TOPEKA, Kan. – The Washburn Ichabod women's track and field and cross country squad had six student-athletes honored by the College Sports Communicators as they were named to the CSC Academic All-District team announced earlier this week. Named to the team were Lexie Fontaine, Alex Hart, Adriel Holloway, Reagan Housley, Kyla Lochtefeld and Mellanie Neudinger. Fontaine, Holloway and Neudinger will all move on to the national ballot.
Washburn received the maximum number of selections an institution can receive for cross country and track and field. The award honors a combination of academic and athletic accomplishments of the individuals selected.
For potential selection to the Academic All-District Team, an individual must rank in the Top 50 of their region in a single event (cross country, indoor track and field or outdoor track and field), not including relay events. They must also be at least a sophomore in athletic eligibility and hold a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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Lexie Fontaine: (cross country): Competed in five events finishing 12th at the NCAA Central Regional helping program to a all-time-best finishing of ninth at the event earning all-region honors in the process in a career 6K best time of 21:25.9 … finished 19th at the MIAA Championships to earned honorable mention all-MIAA honors (track) a three-time All-American earning two All-American awards at the NCAA Outdoor Championship finishing sixth in the 1500m in a school-record time of 4:21.87 and finished eighth in the 800m to pick up All-American honors … also an All-American at the NCAA Indoor Championships after finishing sixth in the 800m in a school record time of 2:08.45 … won the mile individual title setting a school record in a time of 4:46.65 at the MIAA Indoor Championships and was second in the 800m scoring 18 team points earning two all-MIAA honors … won the 1500m at the MIAA Outdoor Championship and was second in the 800m and was part of the fourth-place 4x400m relay team scoring a total of 23 points … earned all-region in both the indoor 800m and indoor mile and the outdoor 800m and 1500m … competing in 10 events overall in track season … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and an MIAA Scholar Athlete.
Alex Hart: Competed in five events earning All-American honors at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships placing ninth overall … earned all-MIAA honors with a third-place finish at the MIAA Indoor Championships … had a season-best mark of 1.74m (5-08.50) at the Ichabod Invitational tallying four, top-five finishes on the season.
Adriel Holloway: Entered 15 events during the season earning Second Team All-American honors in the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw … finished fifth in the shot put at the MIAA Outdoor Championships and placed sixth and eighth respectively in the shot put and the weight throw at the MIAA Indoor Championships … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Reagan Housley: Entered 13 events recording two individual championships at the Northwest Tune Up and the UCM Mule Relays … finished sixth at the MIAA Indoor Championships … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
Kyla Lochtefeld: (cross country) Led the Ichabods in each of the four events the team competed in while qualifying for the NCAA Cross Country Championships as an Individual finishing 96th overall … placed 11th at the NCAA Central Regional in a program-best 11th-place finish with a 6K program-best time of 21:24.3 to earn all-region honors … picked up all-MIAA honorable mention honors after finishing 17th at the MIAA Championships … placed fifth out of 347 runners at the DBU Old Glory Gallop in a 5K time of 17:35.6. (track) competed in seven events during the track season finishing sixth in both the 3000m and the 5000m at the MIAA Indoor Championships while earning all-MIAA honors in the 5000m at the MIAA Outdoor Championships after finishing third also finishing fourth in the 10,000m setting a school record in a time of 35:42.06 … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Scholar Athlete listing.
Mellanie Neudinger: Completed in 13 events earning All-American honors in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships finishing sixth with a personal-best jump of 6.06m (19-10.75) … earned all-MIAA honors in the long jump at the outdoor championships and also finished fifth in the 200m as well as being part of the fourth-place 4x100m relay team … placed fourth at the MIAA Indoor Championships in the long jump and was seventh in the 200m … a member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and the MIAA Scholar Athlete listing.
